EP2277779A3 - Crane device for wrapped quartz glass crucible and method of packing wrapped quartz glass crucible using the device - Google Patents

Crane device for wrapped quartz glass crucible and method of packing wrapped quartz glass crucible using the device Download PDF

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EP2277779A3
EP2277779A3 EP10251308A EP10251308A EP2277779A3 EP 2277779 A3 EP2277779 A3 EP 2277779A3 EP 10251308 A EP10251308 A EP 10251308A EP 10251308 A EP10251308 A EP 10251308A EP 2277779 A3 EP2277779 A3 EP 2277779A3
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quartz glass
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glass crucible
crane device
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Manabu Shonai
Taira Sato
Minoru Shirakawa
Shuichi Ikehata
Hiroshi Takahashi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/04—Packaging single articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/16—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by grippers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
    • C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C30B35/00—Apparatus not otherwise provided for, specially adapted for the growth, production or after-treatment of single crystals or of a homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure
    • C30B35/002—Crucibles or containers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
    • C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C30B35/00—Apparatus not otherwise provided for, specially adapted for the growth, production or after-treatment of single crystals or of a homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure
    • C30B35/005—Transport systems

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  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
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  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Load-Engaging Elements For Cranes (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a crane device (1) suitable for handling a wrapped crucible (2), which crane device (1) is capable of realizing mechanical handling of the wrapped crucible (2) by way of a machine without manual work. In view of this, the present invention provides a crane device (1) adapted to be capable of making reciprocal movements along a path (6) between a position above a lifting-up point where a wrapped quartz glass crucible (2) is placed and another position above a putting-down point where a packing container (4) is placed and ascending to/descending from the path at each of the lifting-up point and the putting-down point, the crane device (1) having: four arms (17a-17d) extending in the ascend-descend direction and disposed at apexes of a quadrangle such that two arms paired (17a,17c;17b,17d) on a diagonal line of the quadrangle are movable to advance to/separate from each other; and a claw (18a,18d) provided at a rear end of each arm (17a-17d) to extend in the advancing direction of the arm.
EP10251308.2A 2009-07-22 2010-07-22 Crane device for wrapped quartz glass crucible and method of packing wrapped quartz glass crucible using the device Active EP2277779B1 (en)

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JP2009171485 2009-07-22
JP2010147511A JP5738549B2 (en) 2009-07-22 2010-06-29 Crane apparatus for packaged quartz glass crucible and packing method for packaged quartz glass crucible using this apparatus

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US20110099952A1 (en) 2011-05-05
TWI391297B (en) 2013-04-01
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KR101227038B1 (en) 2013-01-28
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